Skyjacker (other)
Skyjacker may refer to: *A person who commits an aircraft hijacking, a form of air piracy * Sawyer Skyjacker II, an American experimental aircraft design * ''Skyjacker'' (EP), an EP by Trumans Water See also * Air pirate (other) * Hijacking (other) * Skyjack (other) * Skyjacked (other) * ''The Skyjacker's Tale'' (2016 film) documentary about Ishmael Muslim Ali * Sky pirate (other) Air pirates (or sky pirates) are a class of stock character from science fiction and fantasy. Description Such characters typically operate as pirates in the air, or, in general, the atmosphere of a planet, dwarf planet or moon, and travel by ...

Aircraft Hijacking
Aircraft hijacking (also known as airplane hijacking, skyjacking, plane hijacking, plane jacking, air robbery, air piracy, or aircraft piracy, with the last term used within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States) is the unlawful seizure of an aircraft by an individual or a group. Dating from the earliest of hijackings, most cases involve the pilot being forced to fly according to the hijacker's demands. There have also been incidents where the hijackers have overpowered the flight crew, made unauthorized entry into cockpit and flown them into buildingsmost notably in the September 11 attacksand in several cases, planes have been hijacked by the official pilot or co-pilot; e.g., Germanwings Flight 9525. Unlike carjacking or sea piracy, an aircraft hijacking is not usually committed for robbery or theft. Individuals driven by personal gain often divert planes to destinations where they are not planning to go themselves. Some hijackers intend to use passenger ...
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Sawyer Skyjacker II
The Sawyer Skyjacker II is an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed and produced by Ralph V. Sawyer of Lancaster, California, in 1974. It first flew on 3 July 1975. The aircraft was intended as a research project and as such only one was built.Plane and Pilot: ''1978 Aircraft Directory'', page 152. Werner & Werner Corp, Santa Monica CA, 1977. Design and development The Skyjacker II was designed to explore ultra-low aspect ratio wing designs and in particular the stability, controllability and capability of the configuration. The design was intended to be easily scalable to much larger aircraft. It has no complex curves and was designed to be easy to construct. It features a cantilever mid-wing, a two-seats-in-tandem enclosed cockpit under a glazed canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration. The aircraft is made from sheet aluminum, has an span wing and is powered by a Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D engine. The aircraf ...
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Skyjacker (EP)
Trumans Water are an American indie rock band, hailing from San Diego, California. They have released over a dozen albums over their career, on which they collaborated with acts in genre, including Azalia Snail, Chan Marshall and Thurston Moore. Background Trumans Water was formed by the brothers Kirk and Kevin Branstetter, and the original drummer Jeff Jones in San Diego in 1991, after they were given a guitar and a bass guitar by a friend's father.Ross, Alex (1993)Review/Pop; A Blend of Influences, With Dissonance, ''New York Times'', 24 July 1993, retrieved 21 November 2009 They advertised for a "lead singer, brain optional", and recruited Glen Galloway as a result. Other members of the band have included Ely Moyal, Andres Malinao and Kevin Cascell. Captain Beefheart, Wire, The Boredoms, Sun City Girls, Pavement and Sonic Youth have all been identified as influences, and during the course of the band's history Trumans Water has produced experimental indie rock, often with a ...
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Air Pirate (other)
Air pirate (also known as sky pirate) is a stock character from science fiction and fantasy. Air pirate may also refer to: *A person who commits air piracy, the unlawful seizure of an aircraft by an individual or a group *Air Pirates, a former group of cartoonists * ''The Air Pirates'' (film), 1920 German film *The Air Pirates, a nickname for the 1st Attack-Reconnaissance Battalion (AH-64) of the 211th Aviation Regiment (United States) See also * *Sky pirate (other) * Pirate (other) *Skyjacker (other) Skyjacker may refer to: *A person who commits an aircraft hijacking, a form of air piracy * Sawyer Skyjacker II, an American experimental aircraft design * ''Skyjacker'' (EP), an EP by Trumans Water See also * Air pirate (other) * Hija ...

Hijacking (other)
Hijacking may refer to: Common usage Computing and technology * Bluejacking, the unsolicited transmission of data via Bluetooth * Brandjacking, the unauthorized use of a company's brand * Browser hijacking * Clickjacking (including ''likejacking'' and ''cursorjacking''), a phenomenon of hijacking "clicks" in a website context * DLL hijacking * DNS hijacking * Domain hijacking * Hijack attack, in communication, a form of active wiretapping in which the attacker seizes control of a previously established communication association * BGP hijacking * Reverse domain hijacking * Session hijacking Finance * Credit card hijacking Transportation * Aircraft hijacking, the unlawful seizure of an aircraft by an individual or a group * Carjacking, a robbery in which the item stolen is a motor vehicle * Maritime hijacking, or piracy Arts, entertainment, and media * Hijacking, in dance, a variation of lead and follow * ''A Hijacking'', a 2012 Danish film See also * "Hi-jacked", ...
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Skyjack (other)
Skyjack or ''variation'' may refer to: * A skyjack, an incidence of aircraft hijacking * SkyJack, a UAV drone * Sky Jack, a thoroughbred racehorse * Skyjack (''Transformers''), a fictional robot * ''Skyjacks'', a fictional group from the ''Revelation Space'' fictional universe * Skyjack, a brand name for a scissor lift See also * * * Skyjacker (other) * Skyjacked (other) * Hijack * Sky (other) * Jack (other) * Sky pirate (other) * Air pirate (other) Air pirate (also known as sky pirate) is a stock character from science fiction and fantasy. Air pirate may also refer to: *A person who commits air piracy, the unlawful seizure of an aircraft by an individual or a group *Air Pirates, a former gr ...

Skyjacked (other)
Skyjacked may refer to: * Aircraft hijacking * ''Skyjacked'' (film), 1972 U.S. film * ''Skyjacked'' (TV episode) a 2017 animated short from the series ''Justice League Action'', see List of Justice League Action episodes See also * * Skyjacker (other) * Skyjack (other) * sky (other) * hijack * Air pirate (other) * Sky pirate (other) Air pirates (or sky pirates) are a class of stock character from science fiction and fantasy. Description Such characters typically operate as pirates in the air, or, in general, the atmosphere of a planet, dwarf planet or moon, and travel by ...

The Skyjacker's Tale
''The Skyjacker's Tale'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jamie Kastner and released in 2016. The film centres on Ishmael Muslim Ali (formerly Ishmael LaBeet), who was convicted of murder in the Fountain Valley massacre of 1972 and imprisoned before hijacking a plane to Cuba in 1984."Review: ‘The Skyjacker’s Tale’ Tracks Down a Fugitive in Cuba"
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'', June 29, 2017. It mixes interviews, including the first interview given by Ali himself since the incident, with dramatic reenactments of the hijacking. The film premiered at the

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